Can someone eli5 me the reason why you would need/want an account in a different instance? I still don’t really fully understand the fediverse stuff, but am trying to.
instances are communities, some more loose than others
some instances have themes. lemmy.world is general, aussie.zone welcomes anyone but it’s mostly Australians or friends there-of. Having a user name/address like vvilld@aussie.zone says something about you.
some instances have ideological alignments, lemmy.ml are tankies
some instances de-federate from others, like hexbear is not federated by some / many instances.
the “local” feed can be like a set of subscriptions or curated content. slrpnk.net is the best example I can think of for this, mostly environmentally conscious tech, and renewables, et cetera.
some admins turn out to be idiots. In the early days there was some support from admins of specific / niche instances for bots re-posting content from reddit.
there’s no good reason not to have multiple accounts. In my own case I change instances regularly. IDK why exactly, I just actively avoid allowing my account to become some kind of extension of my identity.
I guess I’m not aware enough to even know how the server I’m on is run. From my understanding, you could see pretty much any community regardless of instance from whatever instance you happen to be on?
If you click “Instances” in the page footer and then switch to the tab “Blocked Instances”, you’ll find which instances your server has blocked, you can’t see any posts or comments by users or in communities on instances on that list.
You may be satisfied with that practice or might not, the point is that the fediverse enables you to choose.
Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to view/browse… in those cases your only solution is to create a new Lemmy account at a different instance that does not block those things.
In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there https://lemmy.world/post/13320356
To view blocked instances if you’re browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to https://lemmy.world/instances and click the “Blocked Instances” tab.
Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I’m not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.
I’ll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I’m not too onboard with but that’s just IMO.
PS - If you’re just starting out probably best not to overthink it too much :) As you get more comfortable browsing the Fediverse you can decide later on if you want to set yourself up on another instance.
.world has had some moderation issues of late. Also, they defederated with instances they consider tankies. You think a tankie can’t offer good advice when I have an AskLemmy question? Think a tankie can’t offer insight troubleshooting a tech issue? I want all the voices.
Can someone eli5 me the reason why you would need/want an account in a different instance? I still don’t really fully understand the fediverse stuff, but am trying to.
There’s a variety of reasons.
Most common reason is you don’t like how the server you’re on is run, or it doesn’t fit your hobbies well.
I guess I’m not aware enough to even know how the server I’m on is run. From my understanding, you could see pretty much any community regardless of instance from whatever instance you happen to be on?
!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is blocked on your instance.
Not Jolly 😾🏴☠️
If you click “Instances” in the page footer and then switch to the tab “Blocked Instances”, you’ll find which instances your server has blocked, you can’t see any posts or comments by users or in communities on instances on that list.
You may be satisfied with that practice or might not, the point is that the fediverse enables you to choose.
Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to view/browse… in those cases your only solution is to create a new Lemmy account at a different instance that does not block those things.
For example you’re on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at https://lemmy.world/instances
In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there https://lemmy.world/post/13320356
Thanks. It doesn’t look like there are any blocked instances on lemmy.world. Is there a similar list of blocked communities?
To view blocked instances if you’re browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to https://lemmy.world/instances and click the “Blocked Instances” tab.
Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I’m not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.
I’ll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I’m not too onboard with but that’s just IMO.
PS - If you’re just starting out probably best not to overthink it too much :) As you get more comfortable browsing the Fediverse you can decide later on if you want to set yourself up on another instance.
You also might want one for NSFW to keep that separate
.world has had some moderation issues of late. Also, they defederated with instances they consider tankies. You think a tankie can’t offer good advice when I have an AskLemmy question? Think a tankie can’t offer insight troubleshooting a tech issue? I want all the voices.
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